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Centaurium spicatum  (L.) FRITSCH ex JANCH.

Fam.: Gentianaceae / Gentian Fam.

Synon.:  Schenkia spicata  (L.) G.MANS.

Genus:  Centaurium  HILL,  Schenkia  GRISEB.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	FRITSCH:		Karl Fritsch (1864 - 1934), Austrian botanist
	JANCH.:		Erwin Emil Alfred Janchen-Michel (1882 - 1970), Austrian botanist
	G.MANS.:		Guilhem Mansion (fl. 2004), botanist in Berlin (Germany)
	HILL:		John Hill (1716 - 1775), English botanist
	GRISEB.:		August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (1814 - 1879), German botanist

Etymology:
	Centaurium:		Greek plant name, from the centaur Chiron
	spicatum:		spiked
	Schenkia:		Joseph August Schenk (1815 - 1891), German botanist and palaeontologist (SCHENK)

Fig. 1:  Centaurium spicatum / Spiked Centaury GR Hymettos 21.5.2008

Fig. 2:  Centaurium spicatum / Spiked Centaury GR Hymettos 21.5.2008

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